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CVE-2004-0992

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-03-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in the -a option (daemon mode) in Proxytunnel before 1.2.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an invalid proxy answer.

Affected products

• Proxytunnel: 1.0.6, 1.1.3, 1.2.2, 1.2_.0

References

• http://proxytunnel.sourceforge.net/news.html
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-07.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11592
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17945
• http://proxytunnel.sourceforge.net/news.html
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-07.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11592
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17945

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